Buggy-body



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N. KASTLER. BUGGY BODY.

N0. 4 14.070. Patented Jan; 6, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NICHOLAS KASTLER, OF LA PORTE, INDIANA.

BUGGY-BODY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 444,070, dated January6, 1891.

Application filed July 12, 1890 Serial No. 358,479- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may conoerm.

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS KASTLER, a citizen of the United States,residing in La Porte,in the county of La Porte and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buggy-Bodies, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in buggy-bodies, and moreparticularly to improvements upon the buggy-body heretofore patented tome in Letters Patent of the United States No. 392,808, granted November1 3,1888.

In manufacturing buggy-bodies it is desir-- able and customary to makethe box and the frame-work of the body of different woods, the saidpieces or panels of the box being usually composed of white Wood, whilethe sills and posts or frame-pieces are usually made of ash or otherhard wood.

In my previouslypatented box-body the exterior surface of the body,which received the paint and varnish finish, was composed in part of twodifferent kinds of wood, as the marginal rim of the sills and thecorners of the posts were exposed flush with the sides of the box.

The object of my present. improvement is to so construct my box-body asthat the whole exterior surface of the body, which receives the paintand varnish finish, may be of one kind of woodviz., that of the sides ofthe boxto facilitate giving the whole exterior surface of the box thedesired smooth and even finish. This result I accomplish, and hereinmyinvent-ion consists, by providing the sides or panels of the box withmarginal flanges, which project down over and cover the sills and posts.

Another feature of my improvement consists in providing the panels ofthe box at their bottom edges, near the ends thereof, with dovetailtenons, which fit in corresponding grooves or mortises of theframe-work, so as to hold these projecting flanges on the sides of thebox from curling or warping away from the sills, especially at theextreme ends of such sides or at the corners of the box.

My present improvement further consists in the novel devices and novelcombinations of parts and devices herein shown and described, and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,and in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1is a plan View of a bngg -body embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation. Fig. 3 is an enlarged top view of one of the corners. Fig. 4is a bottom view of one of the corners. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectionthrough one of the corners. Fig. 6 is a vertical section on line 6 6otFig. 3. Fig.7 is a detail view showing the end and side sills fittedtogether at the corner, and Fig. 8 is a detail end view of one of thesills.

In the drawings, A A are the side sills, B B the end sills, and O thevertical posts, constituting the frame-work of the body. The side andend sills A B are halved together at the corner of the box, the halfportions of each being indicated at a b. The corner-post O is oftriangular shape and is halved or notched at c to fit the truncatedcorner a of the side sill A. The inner face of the triangular post 0fits against the truncated corner I) of the end sill B. The side sills Aand the end sills B are provided with marginal rims (L b having groovesa b to receive the lower edges d of the panels or side pieces D of thebody. The panels D also have flanges d projecting down over the marginalrims of the sills. The corner-post C is likewise furnished with grooveso c in its side faces to receive the projecting edges d d of the panelsD, and the panels D have projecting flanges d overlapping and coveringthe exterior of the post 0, the panels being mitered together at thecorners. To prevent any tendency of the projecting flanges (Z and d fromwarping or turning away from the sills and posts, I further provide thepanels with dovetail tenons 01' (Z at'their lower edges near the ends ofthe panels, which fit in the corresponding dovetail mortises formed inor between the post C and side sill A by notching or cutting away themarginal rims at to a". The sills A B are secured at the corner byscrews E, and the posts, sills, and panels are all secured firmlytogether by gluing in the usual manner. The dash F is secured to uprightposts or bars f, which fit in suitable mortises or sockets formedbetween the post 0 and the sills. A

bolt f extends through the flange c -on the post and through the panel Dto secure the bar f in place. The ribs G, which support the seat, aresecured in place by gluing and by screws g inserted through the postsfrom the inside, and which do not extend through the panels, so that theouter surface of the panels may be left smooth and intact to receive theusual varnish finish. The upper surface of the sills A B is slightlybeveled inward, as indicated in Fig. 6, so as to serve as the usualwater-shed strip heretofore customarily provided at the inner corners ontop of the sills.

I claim 1. In a buggy-body, the combination of the end and side sillsfurnished with continuous grooved marginal rims at and extending alongtheir lower outer edges or corners with the upright posts furnished withgrooves in their outer faces, with panels having their end and lowerside edges fitting in said grooved posts and sills and held in place bysaid grooved marginal rims, said panels being provided with flangesoverlapping said posts and sills, whereby said panels may be secured inplace to said posts and sills without the use of nails or screws and atthe same time the whole exterior surface of the body may be made of onekind of wood and thus be better adapted to receive a smooth and evenfinish, substantially as specified.

2. In a buggy-body, the combination of the end and side sills furnishedwith continuous grooved marginal rims at and extending along their lowerouter edges or corners with the upright posts furnished with grooves intheir outer faces, with panels having their end and lower side edgesfitting in said grooved posts and sills and held in place by saidgrooved marginal rims, said panels being provided with flangesoverlapping said posts and sills, whereby said panels may be secured inplace to said posts and sills withoutthe use oi nails or screws and atthe same time the whole exterior surface of the body may be made of onekind of wood and thus be better adapted to receive a smooth and evenfinish, said panels having dovetail tenons near their ends at theirlower edges fitting in corresponding mortises in said sills and posts,substantially as specified.

3. In abuggy-body, the combination of sills A B, halved together at a I)and having truncated corners a 1), posts (1, having halved or notchedends 0 fitting the corners of said sills, the shoulder of said halvedend of said post resting upon one of said sills, and panels D, saidsills A13 and post (I having angle-grooves a b c to receive the edges ofsaid panels D, and said panels D being provided with overlapping fianges(l d, substantially as specified.

4. In a buggy-body, the combination ofsills A ll, halved together at aI) and having truncated corners a 1), posts 0, having halved or notchedends 0 fitting the corners of said sills, and panels D, said sills A Band post 0 having angle-grooves a" b c to receive the edges oi saidpanels D, and said panels D being provided with overlapping flanges d (7and said panels D having dovetail tenons (Z fitting in correspondinggrooves formed in or between said posts and sills, substantially asspecified.

5. In a buggy-body, the combination of the side and end sills A B,halved together and having truncated corners a 7), and the post C,having the halved lower end fitting the truncated corners of said sillsand panels D, the shoulders at the halved end of said postresting uponone of said sills, substantially as specified.

NICHOLAS KAS'lLER.

Witnesses:

II. M. MUNDAY, Lnw. E. lURTIS.

